Spanish IV

Web sources

."Internet History Sourcebooks." FORDHAM.EDU. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1p.asp>.Annotation: Internet Medieval Sourcebook provides research information on medieval Spain including information on the Visogoths, the Inquisition and Jewish contributions to Spain.

"Timeline of the Muslim Presence in the Iberian Peninsula." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 29 Oct. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Muslim_presence_in_the_Iberian_peninsula>.Annotation: Expansive timeline of Muslim presence in Spain. Useful for understanding the conquest of Spain, key individuals and places. Excellent source for identifying keywords for further research.

Links by Topic

1. Los árabes/moros y sus contribuciones
2. Los Castillos/Alcazares
3. Clases sociales en los tiempos medievales/El papel de las mujeres en la sociedad y la historia
4. El sistema económico en los tiempos medievales
5. El Cid
6. La historia española hasta el año 711
  • "Islamic Spain." History for Kids. 9 Nov 2010. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam/history/spain.htm
  • "Timeline of 8th Century Muslim History". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_8th_century_Muslim_history
    • 756 -"Abd al-Rahman assembled forces loyal to him, Syrians and Berbers combined, and one day in May 756, a battle just outside the city walls of Cordoba decisively changed the face of European history and culture. Page(s): 19, The Ornament of the World (How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain) by Maria Rosa Menocal, Little, Brown & Company. NOOKstudy (judibea@gmail.com)). This material is protected by copyright.
7. La historia del año 711 al 1492
1121
1135 Maimonaides (Ramban-hebreo) http://www.cidicsef.org.ar/2010/maimonides800/vida/index.htm.
1166
  • John of Spain: Philosopher; d. Toledo, 1166. A converted Jew, he lived principally in Toledo and became bishop of Segovia in 1149, and then archbishop of Toledo. Translated arabic texts.
1420-1498
  • "Torquemada, Tomás de. ""Although of Jewish descent, Torquemada probably encouraged the monarchs to attack both the orthodox Jews and those crypto-Jews who had been insincerely or forcibly converted to Christianity but continued to practice Judaism in secret. " (see Biography in Context)
  • Chami, Pablo A. "La Inquisición en España". Junio de 1999. [Curso dictado en el CIDICSEF, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefardí por el Ing. Pablo A. Chami.] Junio de 1999.
8. Las cruzadas religiosas
9. Los judíos y sus contribuciones
10. Los reyes católicos y la reconquista
11. La literatura y el arte del año 711 al 1492
12. La España romana
Spain, Roman Occupation-206 B.C.E.-409 A.D
Women
  • "Spanish." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 10 Nov. 2010 <http://www.school.eb.com/eb/article-9108586>. Women were also writing in Spain during the Roman period: Serena, believed to have been a poet; Pola Argentaria, the wife of Lucan, whom she is thought to have assisted in writing his Pharsalia; and the poet and Stoic philosopher literatureTeofila./
  • "Seneca." Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 10 Nov. 2010 <http://www.school.eb.com [Cordoba is the birthplace of Seneca, the famed Roman philosopher]

Additional Links


Internet Medieval SourcebookInternet Medieval Sourcebook for Iberia from Fordham University. Includes information about the Visogoths, the Inquisition and Jewish Spain.



Temas de Cuba

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DATABASES: Culture Grams, Encyclopedia Britannica, etc..
1. La Geografía, las ciudadesimportantes, el turismo (lugares de interés)
2. Las costumbres, las fiestas nacionales y la comida.
3. El sistema de gobierno y las guerras, la economía, los problemas sociales y noticias del día.
4. La música
10. Los deportes
11. El arte (la actuación,literatura, artistas famosos)

DATABASES:Search Gale Biography In-Context, Encyclopedia Britannica
BOOKS: Search Destiny the online library catalog. Remember that biographies of more then one person are in NF 920 and about one person NF 921
Fidel Castro (NF 921 Castro)
José Martí (persona histórica)
Ernesto Che Guevara (revolucionario)
Fulgencio Batista (also can be found in books about Cuban history)
Celia Cruz

Cristina Saralegui
Gloria y Emilio Estefan
Mariano Brull

Other topics:
Cubanos en Miami
"U.S. El guardacostas repatría a 78 cubanos."Servicio de noticias de mundo de EFE13 Mar. 2003: 1008071u8436.Global Issues In Context. Web. 27 Jan. 2011.Document URL <http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&idigest=7d5f4fef47fe76cc412ba9641a3423f4&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=A98682671&source=gale&userGroupName=leyden&version=1.0> Gale Document Number: A98682671


Actores y Actices
Grupos Indígenas